This past weekend, the 2 Chevauleger attended the Great War Historical Society's 1914 Christmas Truce Event. This event attempted to recreate the spontaneous truce that occurred in segments of the Allied/German lines during Christmas 1914 and especially in the British Sector. The event started with a small scale attack on the British lines that rapidly petered out in the face of fierce defensive fire. Then we held a mail call for the German forces followed up by dinner, which we invited our British Komeraden to attend under flag of truce. Later, after dark, we celebrated Christmas by lighting candles for two Christmas trees in no man's land with our British Komeraden and sang Christmas carols around a bonfire (the fire definitely kept the cold at bay).
This event was a bit different than the usual battle event in that the focus was on living history rather than creating battles and overall it was a success although it would have been nice had more British showed up. Below are some pictures from the event:
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| Group Shot |
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| 2 Chevauleger - This is our first event wearing the new 1915 cavalry breeches we had made for us. I am also wearing the new 1910 Chevauleger tunic. Slowly but surely, things are coming together for the unit. |
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| Chevauleger Landschultz |
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| Home Sweet Home |
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| Getting ready for the last big push before Christmas. |
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| The wait.... |
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| At the front while others are at home... |
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| Soccer Balls... |
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| A couple of our British Adversaries. |
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| "O Tannenbaum" lit up in all its glory. |
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| Things didn't end so well for this one... |
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